Category Archives: Artists

Clayton Bellamy is currently recording a solo record with four time Grammy award winning producer Ray Kennedy as well as touring with his Juno award winning band the Road Hammers. Below is a blurb of what he has to say about his Seymour Duncan Pickups. “The Seymour Duncan 59 humbuckers in my Les Paul complete…

Blending disparate hardcore and metal, Billy Hamilton, bassist and backing vocalist for Silverstein works hard laying a hard pounding yet melodic groove that helped propel Silverstein into one of the top bands in its genre. Billy uses Seymour Duncan Basslines in all is basses, Billy says, “I run the Duncan SPB-2 Hot for P-Bass pickups…

When Blame Sally took the stage at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall on April 29 and 30, the quartet showcased tunes from Speeding Ticket and a Valentine, the Bay Area band’s fifth album. As has often been noted about Blame Sally, this all-female outfit boasts not only strong compositional and vocal skills, but serious…

Jon Paris, an active Seymour Duncan user, has toured with many artists including Robert Gordon and Link Wray, Bo Diddley, Johnny Winter, Chris Spedding, Johnnie Johnson, and former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, just to name a few. Here is a few words he would like to say about his Seymour Duncan Pickups: “It’s always been…

Not every great guitarist has the name recognition of Slash or Yngwie. All around the world, there are undiscovered or soon-to-be discovered guitarists blowing away audiences nightly on small, smoky stages in clubs and roadhouses. This is the story of one such international player who came to our attention at the recent Frankfurt Musikmesse. Paul…

The undisputed king of shred, Yngwie Malmsteen will be appearing on VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show, Saturday April 9th at 11pm/10 C.

Upon moving to LA in the late 80’s Bobby Schneck found himself in The Buddaheads, a full bore blues-rock band that released one album in the US on RCA and five records in Japan. A sold out Roxy show in 1992 is where he met Slash for the first time which led to an ongoing…

When most guitar players are asked to describe their sound, it can be a terrifying question. Not for veteran guitarist Ed Skero. His Seymour Duncan pickup selection has made him more sure of himself than ever. “I have Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups in my main Gibson Les Paul. When I bought a second Les Paul, I…

“I experimented with a lot of pickups before I settled on the Seymour Duncan JB SH-4,” says thrash-metal guitarist John Laux of Warbringer, which is working on a new album and is preparing for late spring tour dates. “Distortion can be tricky when you need plenty of gain and still want a super warm colorful…

Always in pursuit of the pursuers of tone, Premier Guitar dispatched Jason Shadrick to do a Rig Rundown video with fusion great John McLaughlin. Roughly four minutes into the video, McLaughlin tells Shadrick about why he uses the Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic—instead of an amp. “We want to give the audience the best sound…